The starring role on the series could mean the end of Thompson's SNL tenure
The deal goes into affect this January
The new series centers on a gay couple running a resort in a small town.
The series is being produced by 20th Century Fox TV
Season 3 premieres September 25 on NBC
The network has ordered five extra episodes this season
Manifest premieres on NBC October 24th
The two-hour movie will act as a series finale
The sixth season will premiere during the mid-season schedule.
Emmy nominated actor Milo Ventimiglia and Empire writer/director Craig Brewer are also involved
Talks are underway for TV Movie to function as series finale
The play will take the slot of an adaptation of "Bye Bye Birdie."
Including new series Manifest, New Amsterdam and I Feel Bad
NBC has picked up the series for a 13-episode sixth season
To air on Monday, Sept. 17
The upcoming NBC spinoff pilot of the movie franchise starring Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba has earned its new title
Union will reprise her role from Bad Boys II
The series is set in the world of counterintelligence
She'll play an heiress accused of stuffing the husband she murdered in a suitcase
Starring America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Colton Dunn, Nico Santos, Nichole Bloom, Mark McKinney and Lauren Ash